~ Tuesday
14th Spent the fore part of the day at Br
Lane's met at the Toulon Court House at
2 oclok according to appointment when we
arived the methodist had collected saying they
had an appointment at the same hour we
adjourned ours to Br Perrys. Before we arived at
his house the M[ethodist] preacher came & wished us
to hold our meeting in the Court House according
to appointment we did so. I preached &
was followed by a few remarks by Elder
Smith. we dissmissed our meeting & we stope[d]
& herd the methodist preach his discourse
we spent the night at Br Lanes
we wrote a letter to the editor of the Times
~ Wednesday
15th A rainy day & we drove all day in the
rain and stoped all night in Indian Town
Br Thayer & son stoped at the Tavern
& Elder G. A. Smith & myself spent the
night at Mr Dunns distance 33 m[iles]
~ Thursday
16th We drove again all day in the rain
& stoped for the night at Mr Hartsons in
Lasalle Co distance 30
~ Friday
17th It still continues to rain. We met
two families of the Saints moveing to Nauvoo
We rode to Ottaway called upon Br Sanger
& took dinner saw Br Buzzurd, Lightfoot.
we found an advertisement for some of
the Twelve to attend a meeting at the
Court House & deliver a lecture upon
the subject of Gen Smith views of the
goverment &c Elder G. A. Smith stoped and
attended to it, had about 300 present
~ Tuesday
14th Spent the fore part of the day at Br Lane's met at the Toulon Court House at 2 oclok according to appointment when we arived the methodist had collected saying they had an appointment at the same hour we adjourned ours to Br Perrys. Before we arived at his house the M Preacher came & wished us to hold our meeting in the Court House according to appointment we did so. I preached & was followed by a few remarks by Elder Smith, we dissmissed our meeting & we stoped & herd the methodist preach his discourse we spent the night at Br Lanes [FIGURE] we wrote a letter to the Editor of the Times
~ Wednesday
15th A rainy day & we drove all day in the rain and stoped all night in Indian Town Br Thayer & Son stoped at the Tavern & Elder G. A. Smith & myself spent the night at Mr Dunns distance 33 m
~ Thursday
16th We drove again all day in the rain & stoped for the night at Mr Hartsons in Lasalle Co distance 30
~ Friday
17th It still continues to rain, we met two families of the saints moveing to Nauvoo we rode to Ottaway called upon Br Sanger & took dinner saw Br Buzzurd, Lightfoot, we found an advertisement for some of the Twelve to attend a meeting at the Court House & deliver a lecture upon the subject of Gen Smith views of the goverment &c Elder G. A. Smith stoped and attended to it, had about 300 present
